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ʼNazi Grandma,ʼ sentenced for denying Holocaust, fails to show up at German prison Ursula Haverbeck, dubbed the "Nazi Grandma," failed to turn up to begin her jail term. The serial Holocaust denier has been sentenced to two years in jail for incitement. Authorities in western Germany arrested serial Holocaust denier Ursula Haverbeck on Monday after the 89-yearold failed to show up at prison last week to start her sentence. Haverbeck was handed a two-year jail term for incitement by denying the mass murder of millions of Jews during the Nazi era in Germany. Haverbeck, who German media often refers to as the "Nazi Grandma," has never spent time in prison despite several previous convictions for denying the Holocaust, in which six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis between 1941 and 1945.

United States border authorities block Central American migrant caravan US officials have told would-be asylum seekers at the Mexican border that the crossing is too full to process their cases. The migrants have already drawn the wrath of US President Trump during their trek through Mexico.More than a hundred migrants from Central American countries have camped out at the US-Mexican border after being told by US border inspectors on Sunday that a crossing facility had no capacity for them. It was not immediately clear whether the migrants, who have traveled 3,200 kilometers (2,000 miles) through Mexico to the border at Tijuana, would be turned back or allowed in later.

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Germanyʼs special role and plans Iran nuclear deal:

The historical connections between the two countries make Germany a strong supporter of the nuclear deal. Germany is set to help lead the response of the other signatories if Trump decides to pull the US out. Thereʼs hardly an issue on which there is more consensus in German politics than the Iran nuclear deal. From the far-right populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) to the Left Party, no one in the country shares the US presidentʼs skepticism about the 2015 agreement — at least not to the point of scrapping it. Germany and Iran have traditionally enjoyed close relations, and Germans have often sought to mediate in conflicts between Tehran, its neighbors, and the rest of the world. It was no accident that while serving as German foreign minister, current President FrankWalter Steinmeier was one of the main architects of the 2015 agreement under which Iran promised not to develop nuclear weapons in return for relaxation of sanctions by the permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany. It was also unsurprising that on the margins of a meeting with his French colleague on Monday current German Foreign Minister Heiko Maaspromised that Europeans would continue to honor

the agreementregardless of whether American President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the deal. Berlin also hosted a number of ultimately unsuccessful meetings in recent months aimed at brokering a compromise with the US. The Trump White House suspects Iran of maintaining a clandestine program to develop nuclear weapons and is insisting that inspectors be admitted to Iranian military facilities — something Tehran has categorically ruled out. Americans are not included in the inspection teams because the US and Iran donʼt have diplomatic relations. Trump has said that he will announce his decision on the Iran agreement at 2 p.m. local Washington time on Tuesday. As the hours ticked down, representatives of Germanyʼs governing grand coalition reiterated the position laid out by Maas. The parliamentary leader of Chancellor Angela Merkelʼs conservative CDU party, Volker Kauder, warned that scrapping the deal could lead to a dangerous isolation of Iran.

Famous WWII Remagen bridge towers up for sale Buyers interested in WWII history and who arenʼt afraid of rolling up their sleeves are in luck. German authorities are selling part of the destroyed Ludendorff Bridge or "Bridge at Remagen" to the highest bidder. Two towers on the eastern end of a World War II era bridge — immortalized by the 1969 US film "The Bridge at Remagen" — are up for sale, German authorities confirmed on Monday. The Federal Railway Property Fund (BEV) is selling the ruins located on the side of where the bridge formerly stood across the Rhine from Remagen. "There are already several interested parties," BEV spokesman Jürgen Rothe told news agency dpa. The German newspaper Rhein Zeitung first reported on plans to sell the towers. The listing did not set a price for the bridge towers, rather stating that they will go to the highest bidder. Interested buyers have until May 18 to make their offers.

Catholic cardinal rebukes Bavaria for ordering crosses in state buildings Cardinal Reinhard Marx has said directing all state buildings to hang crosses amounts to "expropriating the cross in the name of the state." Bavarian Premier Markus Söder sparked nationwide criticism for the move. The head of the German Bishopsʼ Conference has sharply criticized the premier of the southern German state of Bavaria for ordering Christian crosses to be hung in all state buildings.

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